Abigail's Arms opens Cooke County's first family crisis shelter

GAINESVILLE, TEXAS -- Cooke County community members stepped inside the county's first-ever crisis center today. Abigail's Arms has been helping local victims of domestic violence and sexual assault for more than 30 years; now, the organization has its first shelter.

"We are the only residential facility in this county, and so we serve as a crisis center, as well as a women's shelter," Abigail's Arms Executive Director Kim Cook said.

Before this facility, victims in Cooke County would have to travel to have access to a shelter.

"Our clients have has to either be driven to Denton or Sherman and that's very traumatic for our families," Cook said.

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